Because Hakim Bey, aka Peter Lamborn Wilson, has been involved in such a range of (counter-)cultural activities, one hardly expects him, on top of everything else, to be a good poet. Black Fez Manifesto, however, is filled with fun: language arrayed artfully with attention to the play of sound, a vocabulary that doesn't limit itself to 8th grade level, a world view that is often congenial and always refreshing, and humor, humor, humor. Why isn't he better known, at least among that sliver of the poetry world that has embraced other rebel bards such as the Beats?